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The Download: tripping with AI, and blocking crawler bots

Rhiannon Williams

created: July 1, 2025, 12:10 p.m. | updated: July 7, 2025, 2:28 p.m.

2 Apple is considering using rival AI tech to bolster SiriIn a massive U-turn, it’s reported to have held talks with Anthropic and OpenAI. (MIT Technology Review)5 China’s clean energy boom is going globalJust as the US doubles down on fossil fuels. (MIT Technology Review)6 The AI talent wars are massively inflating pay packagesWages for a small pool of workers have risen sharply in the past three years. (MIT Technology Review)8 What the future of satellite internet could look likeVery crowded, for one. (MIT Technology Review)9 What is an attosecond?

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